Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 1PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.2
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)16161616161616910111110101010109910109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412407397284284280277724169021782193172913081108914748563495472419450470422362
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
30
S
35
S
40
S
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
10
E
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
1.22
8:25PM
1.08
6:55AM
1.24
8:43PM
1.16
7:52AM
1.26
9:03PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
0.02
1:20AM
0.74
1:57PM
0.01
2:10AM
0.58
2:31PM
0.03
2:54AM
0.39
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:39-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11111032212211-----------
Temp. °C141516151113121313131313131212111112131312121211
Feels °C (?)1191085667887810101110910987887
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